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Urgent help required with California shark fin ban bill

Sharksavers is urgently calling on all California residents to contact the members of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources before 28 June and express your support for Assembly Bill AB376. The bill aims to ban the sale of shark fins in the state. It has encountered some fierce opposition by a group that is very organized, and rebutting the scientific data regarding shark populations. It is important that the members of the committee are both aware of the true facts, and also of the public support for the bill.

The Sharksavers pages have some ideas on how to present your arguments to the Committee. Please call the members now!

Below is a full list of the members of the Committee:

Fran Pavley, Chair Agoura Hills, District 23 (916) 651-4023
Doug LaMalfa, Vice Chair Richvale, District 4 (916) 651-4004
Christine Kehoe San Diego, District 39 (916) 651-4039
Lois Wolk Santa Rosa, District 2 (916) 651-4005
Noreen Evans Santa Rosa, District 2 (916) 651-4002
Joe Simitian Palo Alto, District 11 (916) 651-4011
Alex Padilla Pacoima-LA County, District 20 (916) 651-4020
Anthony Cannella Ceres, District 12 (916) 651-4012
Jean Fuller Bakersfield, District 18 (916) 651-4018